Configure VxScan
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Before you configure VxScan, you must setup the machine. Follow the steps in the Poll Worker VxScan Setup Guide.
To configure VxScan, you must do two things:
Save the ballot package to a USB drive.
An unconfigured machine will prompt you to insert a USB drive with the election's ballot package.
After you insert the Election Manager Card, VxScan will automatically begin loading all ballot styles for the election.
After the ballot package is done loading, the Election Manager Settings screen will display in Test Ballot Mode.
Once configured, select the precinct for the VxScan. In most cases, you will set VxScan to only accept ballots for one precinct. To do so, insert the Election Manager Card into the card reader and select the precinct dropdown to open a list of all precincts.
If you are using VxScan to service a vote center or otherwise have more than one precinct's voters casting ballots at a single location, select All Precincts.
Select a precinct in the dropdown list. Your chosen precinct will be listed in the dropdown box as well as in the lower left hand corner of the screen.
Use the toggle button to switch between Test Ballot Mode and Official Ballot Mode. Put the machine into Test Ballot Mode before Logic and Accuracy Testing and return it to Official Ballot Mode after Logic and Accuracy Testing and before Election Day.
There are two ways to remove the election configuration and all data on the VxScan. To remove election configuration (and all data) from VxScan with the Election Manager Card:
Insert an Election Manager Card
Select Delete All Election Data from VxScan.
Confirm by selecting Yes, Delete Election Data.
To remove the election configuration (and all data) from VxScan with a System Administrator Card:
Insert a System Administrator Card
Select Unconfigure Machine
Confirm by selecting Yes, Delete Election Data.
You can now re-configure VxScan with a different ballot package.
